The Supreme Court clarified that when a person is convicted for an offence under both the Protection of Children from Sexual ...

VELLORE: A protection order under the amended Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 1998 (TNPHWA), which bars ...

The Delhi High Court ruled that touching a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated intent does ...

Vizianagaram: A special court for Pocso cases in Vizianagaram district on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old man to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment and .

The judge, however, ruled that there was a clear prima facie case under Section 354 of IPC for 'assault or criminal force to ...

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Registry to immediately redact a prosecutrix/victim's name from the ...

A 22-year-old migrant worker from Bihar has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor in Erode district.

While these acts may violate the girl's dignity and outrage her modesty, they fall short of the "overt or inferred sexual ...

Two men in Sivaganga were arrested under Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for sexually assaulting minor girls in two different incidents.

Mysuru: A week after a govt higher primary school headmaster in Mysuru absconded after a case was registered against him ...

A trial court in Sonipat, Haryana recently awarded interim compensation of ₹1 lakh to the 17-year-old survivor in a case ...

The Delhi High Court has said in the absence of sexually motivated advances, touching and pressing minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her cannot attract prosecution for "aggravated sexual assault' ...